Judge Orders Michelle Bond’s Criminal Trial to Begin in November After Dismissal Bid Denied

A Manhattan judge ordered that Michelle Bond’s criminal trial begin in November after denying her motion to dismiss the indictment, keeping the case on track for a courtroom proceeding later this year. According to Cointelegraph, the judge rejected Bond’s request to throw out the charges, which was based on claims that prosecutors misled her husband about the nature of the allegations she faced. The ruling means the indictment remains in place and the court has set a November start date for trial, following the judge’s decision that the arguments raised in the dismissal motion did not warrant ending the case at this stage. The motion to dismiss centered on Bond’s contention that prosecutors provided misleading information to her husband regarding her charges, and she sought to have the indictment dismissed on that basis. The judge’s denial indicates the court was not persuaded that the alleged conduct justified dismissing the case, and the order scheduling the trial establishes the next major procedural milestone. Cointelegraph reported that the decision came from a Manhattan judge and specifically addressed the request to dismiss the indictment, while also setting the timeline for the trial to proceed in November.